1Training & Health

by Fred Matheny With warm weather's greater riding volume, the risk of injury and illness increases. Hard training can suppress the immune system, making you more susceptible to colds and other respiratory infections. Below is quick primer on common injuries and health problems that plague riders as they begin their seasons in earnest. … [Read more...] about Dealing with Common Cycling Injuries

by Gabe Mirkin, MD A small but well-designed study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows how eating processed foods, compared to unprocessed foods, leads you to eat more calories per day and gain more weight (Cell Metabolism, May 16, 2019). Twenty people lived in a lab for a month and alternated between two weeks each on:• a diet of highly processed foods, or• a … [Read more...] about Are Processed Foods Making us Fat?

by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. The more intensely you exercise, the less likely you are to suffer a heart attack, even though heart attacks can be caused by intense exercise in some people who already have irregular heartbeats or blocked arteries leading to their hearts. … [Read more...] about New Research on Intense Exercise

by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Some athletes and exercisers take pain medication (aspirin or NSAIDs) because they think it may prevent muscle soreness or will help them to heal faster after a workout. However, taking pain medicines before or during exercise will not block pain, help you to exercise longer or recover faster from exercise. They can increase risk for bleeding and … [Read more...] about Don’t Use Aspirin or NSAIDs for Muscle Pain from Exercise